CTFishTalk.com: ***Ball Pond, Snapping Turtle, East Lake, 6lb Brown Trout*** - Connecticut Lake Reports ( CT Lake Reports ) - A Community Built for Connecticut Fisherman.

CTDavidLamson · Joined: 10 Nov 2013 Posts: 14

Gear Used: 7 foot Med Heavy St Croix Crank Bait Rod w/ Quantum Smoke Baitcaster..... Big Fat Deep Diving Crank Baits. Old town angler 10 kayak.

Ball Pond: Caught a 7 pound bass 15 feet from shore on the right side of the lake from the boat launch in about 10 - 15 feet of water. Phone died so I couldn't snap a photo...SOAB! Good news is I let it go. So hopefully someone else can catch a bass that size.. personal record for me. I released a snapper that I rescued *had him since he was a hatchling*. Fishing has been great for me here. I've noticed that the day after a rainstorm ball pond shuts down, I think it might be the change in the water temperature but I can't say for sure.

Squantz: I've been catching allot of nice small mouth bass running the crank baits slowly around big boulders off shore. Squantz is always a real challenge for me for some reason. I either catch a few fish or absolutely nothing.

East Lake: The bigger bass in the photo grouping I actually caught at East Lake! Biggest bass I've ever caught there. I let it go! Looks like it is at least 5 pounds. Didn't get to weigh it. I've been catching Crappie, LMB, SMB at this location. I walk on the rocks.. I don't fish in the over pressured areas in the woods...it's a good idea. People are lazy and they don't like to walk anywhere. Put the work in and reap the rewards. Watch out for snakes I've seen copperheads here. *** The weeds are starting to grow like crazy so bring the rubber worms out..anything you can punch through the weeds with.

Thanks for reading

~ Dave

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Michael · Joined: 28 Jan 2012 Posts: 3823 Location: Bridgeport

That pic of the snake doesn't look like a copperhead. Looks more like a black racer or northern water.

Crest Daddy · Joined: 20 Jan 2011 Posts: 994

watersnake.
Who's the lady?
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Trust me. Use waxworms !

Jeff · Joined: 06 Jul 2012 Posts: 167

Pretty cool that you spent the time raising that snapping turtle and releasing him. Congrats on the fish too!

CTDavidLamson · Joined: 10 Nov 2013 Posts: 14

Mike - Yes, I knew it was a water snake.. the copperheads I've never snapped a picture of. That snake in the photo I actually found in the middle of winter and it wasn't at east lake.

Crest daddy - That's my lovely grandmother! with my fishing hat on Laughing

Jeff - Yes! I would have let him go sooner but I was afraid he wouldn't hibernate and acclimate to the cold. These turtles make great pets if you handle them on a daily basis. They can survive in very harsh conditions and they will eat basically anything you put in front of them. I fed him worms, crayfish, chicken, crab meat, pellets, steak, super-worms. Never bit me either.

Thank you guys for posting. Lets get out there and break some records this summer.